countertop reverse osmosis filter
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thoughts which one to get?
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I'm not sure, but reverse osmosis apparently removes minerals from your water that you don't want to remove. I looked into water filters pretty deeply a little while ago and wrote my conclusions here: https://whatwaterfilter.com/perfect-water-filter-family/
From the labs, reviews, and company behavior, I think ProOne and ClearlyFiltered have the best countertop water filters. (they aren't reverse osmosis though)
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@insufferable said in countertop reverse osmosis filter:
I'm not sure, but reverse osmosis apparently removes minerals from your water that you don't want to remove. I looked into water filters pretty deeply a little while ago and wrote my conclusions here: https://whatwaterfilter.com/perfect-water-filter-family/
From the labs, reviews, and company behavior, I think ProOne and ClearlyFiltered have the best countertop water filters. (they aren't reverse osmosis though)
Had read elsewhere that the whole "remove minerals from water" was someone else's marketing, and that the amount of minerals is so low that it isn't worth consideration. Basically you want a filter that will remove everything harmful and not deposit anything itself.
We have a resident expert on filtration, @RealNeat, hopefully he sees this and chimes in. I recall his discussions in the other forum, he's not big on RO due to the residuals in their plastics and filters, that it leaches into the water.
He had recommended distilled water units but only a specific brand or two. Apparently many brands use cheap stainless alloys which would leach out into the final product. It may be nickel, or even lead. Users of certain units even mention the water having a metallic taste.
A good topic worth further research and discussion imo.
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@BioEclectic Hey, havent been on here for a bit. What would you like to know?
I recommend and have recommended Aquanui and Pure Water Distillers for over a decade now. There is no better way to purify water, in terms of purity, taste, efficiency, reliability and longevity. It has no competition, no matter what new gizmo comes out next it will likely never hold a candle to a US built SS distiller.
Upon my recommendation Danny Roddy got one of the Pure Water counter top distillers in Mexico and uses it regularly and loves it.
A multi stage RO water purifier is much better than tap water, but, its wasteful, costly, contaminated with plastics and a guessing game in terms of purification lifespan.
RO can generally not remove fluoride, chloramine, manganese and some radiological contaminants effectively with performance going down after the very first pass. And no purifier, not even distillers can remove tritium.
A catalytic carbon pre filter is a must in a municipality that uses chloramine, I would use one before a RO and a distiller.
Ive been banned from the RPF, so no more water content will be added there unfortunately. But you can still search the entries Ive had from before including my write up, "Distilled Water VS PristineHydro"
Here is my podcast with Pure Water/ Pure and Secure/ Aquanui (they have multiple company names depending on what purpose you are buying the units for, some are massive distillers others are small counter top units residential use) https://open.spotify.com/episode/00Bk0RC8Hfge8tYGQYpoqA?si=5LCOsNFcSbaKZ-HXMMju8w
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@RealNeat Great info, thank you!
@BioEclectic Thanks for the tip about re-mineralizing.
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@RealNeat
Sorry for getting back so late, but the answer provided was perfect and even better than expected.Thank you, will pass this info on, too important imo.
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@RealNeat Do you know where I would be able to get a aquanui or similar filter in the UK?
